October 24, 2024.
Female political prisoners detained in jails, controlled by Myanmar Junta’s Prison Department, are suffering sexual violence and human right abuses allegedly released prisoners.
A former female prisoner anonymously told “Myanmar is now unsafe for women of every age, especially women political prisoners inside the jails. The military junta has no sense at women as mothers, sisters, and others’ wives. They commit brutally. I could not believe when I heard how the female prisoners were suffering. Some female prisoners at the age of 17 or 18, the military personnel never identify if the women were girls or adult. They take the women and girls covering their head with black sack at night. We were living upset when will be our turn. The female prisoners have to dig pits in day time. They were raped on the mouth of the pit they dug. They will be able to stay alive if they did not refuse persecution. If they refuse, they will be buried in the pits they dug. If someone missing in the next morning, they spontaneously understand the she was gone. Some girl pregnant with rape and gave birth in the jail and she has to stay in disgusted and crying desperately. She said she would not feed breast the infant of the bastard, but she fed because she is a mother.”
Despite of political prisoners in the jails, female political prisoners were severally offended such as solitary confinement, reduce rations, banned health care and sexual harassment, by military junta.
“My younger sister is in prison for three years over. She is getter old. She was feeling COVID-19, when she was arrested. She was not healthy before. She was swelling at her limbs, when we meet her in jail. She said her sight was poor. I don’t dare to see her again feeling grief. She always mentions she is good and fine, to give solace to family. She has no blanket, no pillow. One of her released-inmates told us that she frequently feel sick and fell down. Lack of health care in prisons and no treatments. They banned medical and pharmacy assistance outside. We are feeling worry for my younger sister” said anonymously by a Myeik resident, Tanintharyi.
According to Assistance Association for Political Prisoner (AAPP)’s report, over 5000 of women prisoners were detained and 1500 of women prisoners among those were from Yangon. 5880 of pro-democracy activists and civilians were verified killed by October 24, 2024 since February 1, 2021 military coup by Min Aung Hlaing. AAPP urges international governments and human rights organizations to place greater and more substantial pressure on the SAC for the cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment of political prisoners.
Myanmar Women Prisoners were abused sexually and human rights in prisons
